02/09/2026
ONE HAT. 🎩
Nanam has been awarded 1 Hat at the Cuisine Good Food Awards 2026.
When we opened our doors in Royal Oak to Takapuna, we had one dream.
To share the warmth, kindness, and generosity of Filipino hospitality. To put Filipino food on the map. To dream that one day, when people ask “where should we eat tonight?”, the answer wouldn’t only be Chinese, Korean, Indian, Italian, or Japanese. That one day, people would say: “We want Filipino.”
Today, that dream got a little more real.
This Hat belongs to our kitchen team who show up before the sun, our front of house who make every guest feel like family, and our suppliers who bring us the best of Aotearoa. And most of all to you. Every guest who took a chance on adobo, kinilaw, and sisig. Every regular who brought a friend. Every person who believed Filipino food deserved this stage.
Thank you to Kelli Brett, Kerry Tyack, and the whole Cuisine Good Food Awards team for seeing us and championing what New Zealand dining can be.
Salamat po. From the bottom of our hearts.
This is for every Filipino. For our families, our heritage, and everyone who’s ever been told their food was “too different.”
This Hat is yours too. Celebrate it with us, share it with your family, and tell them: Filipino food made it.
A Dios sea la gloria. 🙏
đź“Ť Nanam, Takapuna
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